Reminders:

World Polio Day – Donate Pennies Please!!!

Other News:

Please CHECK and SIGN your child’s planner daily!!!

Spellingcity.com (Directions)

1.       Search teacher

2.       Type in Deidra Smith

3.       Scroll down to this week’s words “Compound Words”

4.       Click on games

5.       Click on a game

6.       Click on the blue play button to start

Reading:

Story: A Summer’s Trade

Skill: Author’s Purpose

Test: Reading Test on Friday and Vocabulary Quiz Thur.

Math:

We will complete our unit over place value.

Test on Friday

Science:

Defend the claim that one factor determining the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is the relative distance from Earth.

Analyze data and represent with graphs to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky (e.g., shadows and the position and motion of Earth with respect to the sun, visibility of select stars only in particular months).

Chapter 6 Test on Thursday!

Spelling:

Words with Schwa (Test Wed. 10/23)

Compound Words (Start Thur. 10/24)

1. waterproof 2. teaspoon 3. grasshopper 4. homesick 5. barefoot 6. courthouse 7. earthquake 8. rowboat 9. scrapbook 10. countryside 11. lightweight 12. fishhook 13. spotlight 14. blindfold 15. whirlpool 16. tablespoon 17. greenhouse 18. postcard 19. hummingbird 20. thumbtack

Challenge Words

21. sledgehammer 22. brokenhearted 23. chalkboard 24. straightforward 25. granddaughter

Language:

Past, Present, and Future Tenses (Test Wed. 10/23)

Principle Parts of Regular Verbs (Start Thur. 10/24)

A verb’s tenses are formed from its principle parts: the present, the past, and the past participle. Regular verbs add –d or –ed to form the past tense. For example: walk/walked, use/used. To form the past participle, use has or have with the past-tense form. For example: have walked, has used.

Social Studies:

Vocabulary Test on Thursday

Weekly Test on Friday

Writing:

Continue with Descriptive Writing

Reminders:

Meat Sale begins –Tuesday

Homecoming Dance – Thursday @ 2:00 –cost $2

Homecoming Assembly – Fri.

Pep Rally – Fri. @ 1:00

Parade – Fri. 2:00

Other News:

Please CHECK and SIGN your child’s planner daily!!!

Spellingcity.com (Directions)

1.       Search teacher

2.       Type in Deidra Smith

3.       Scroll down to this week’s words “Words with Schwa”

4.       Click on games

5.       Click on a game

6.       Click on the blue play button to start

Reading:

Story: The Ch’l-in Purse

Skill: Compare and Contrast

Strategy: Story Structure

Test: Reading Test Tomorrow (Wed.)

Language:

Subject-Verb Agreement (Test Wed. 10/16)

Past, Present, and Future Tenses (Starts Thur. 10/17) Present tense verbs show action that is happening now. For example: walk, bounce, talk. Past tense verbs show action that happened in the past. Most past tense verbs are formed by adding -ed to the present tense. For example: walked, bounced, talked. Future tense verbs show action that will happen in the future. Future tense verbs are formed by adding the word will or a form of is going to to the present tense. For example: will walk, will bounce, is going to talk. Some verbs, however, do not follow the usual past tense rules. These verbs are called irregular verbs, and their past tense forms must be memorized. For example: fly/flew; eat/ate; write/wrote.

Spelling:

Final Syllables er, ar, or (Test Wed. 10/16)

Words with Schwa (Starts Thur. 10/17)

1. jewel 2. kingdom 3. gasoline 4. factory 5. garage 6. tropical 7. pajamas 8. estimate 9. tomorrow 10. humidity 11. Chicago 12. bulletin 13. carnival 14. illustrate 15. elegant 16. census 17. terrific 18. celebrate 19. operate 20. celery

Challenge Words

21. rehearsal 22. salamander 23. prominent 24. significant 25. parakeet

Math:

We will continue our unit over place value.

Science:

Defend the claim that one factor determining the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is the relative distance from Earth.

Analyze data and represent with graphs to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky (e.g., shadows and the position and motion of Earth with respect to the sun, visibility of select stars only in particular months).

Seasons Quiz on Thursday

Journal grade on Friday

Social Studies:

Complete Week 9 Studies Weekly “Skim Sheet” (to be graded)

Skim Sheet will begin in class. Those who do not complete theirs will have to do it tonight for homework.

Writing:

Continue with Descriptive Writing

Reminders:

Early Dismissal

Report Card Conference Night – Thursday 10/10/19 2:00pm -6:30pm

Please return the bottom portion of the form that was sent home last week to confirm what time you will attend. Thank you!

NO SCHOOL MONDAY 10/14/19 – COLUMBUS DAY!!!

Math:

We will continue our unit over place value.

Reading:

Story: The Ch’l-in Purse

Skill: Compare and Contrast

Strategy: Story Structure

Test: Vocabulary Friday 10/11/19

Writing:

Continue with Descriptive Writing

Social Studies:

Week 8

Study guide given on Mon. 10/7

Test: Week 8 Test on Fri. 10/11

Vocabulary on Fri. 10/11

Science:

Defend the claim that one factor determining the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is the relative distance from Earth.

Analyze data and represent with graphs to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky (e.g., shadows and the position and motion of Earth with respect to the sun, visibility of select stars only in particular months).

Spelling:

Final Syllables -en, -an, -el, -le, -il (Test Wed. 10/9)

Final Syllables er, ar, or (Starts Thur. 10/10)

1. danger 2. wander 3. tractor 4. dollar 5. harbor 6. eager 7. eraser 8. surrender 9. solar 10. sticker 11. locker 12. helicopter 13. pillar 14. refrigerator 15. caterpillar 16. rumor 17. glimmer 18. linger 19. sensor 20. alligator

Challenge Words

21. numerator 22. collector 23. ancestor 24. counselor 25. denominator

Language:

Main and Helping Verbs (Test Wed. 10/9)

Subject-Verb Agreement (Starts Thur. 10/10)

Subject-verb agreement occurs when the correct singular or plural verb is used to match the singular or plural noun or pronoun in the subject. Singular nouns and pronouns take singular verbs. Plural nouns and pronouns take plural verbs. For example: Jenny wants to go to Philadelphia. Her parents want to go to Boston instead. “Jenny” is singular, so it takes the singular “wants,” but “her parents” is plural, so it takes the plural “want.”

Other News:

Please CHECK and SIGN your child’s planner daily!!!

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Please bring metal hangers from home if you have any to spare for a science activity on Friday! Thanks!

Reminders:

Domino’s Pizza Fundraiser begins Monday!

Grandparents’ Day – Sept. 6th

Spelling:

Long Vowel Digraphs Test on Wednesday!

Adding -ed, -ing (Starts Thurs.)

1. supplied 2. supplying 3. denied 4. denying 5. decided 6. deciding 7. included 8. including 9. admitted 10. admitting 11. occurred 12. occurring 13. qualified 14. qualifying 15. identified 16. identifying 17. delayed 18. delaying 19. satisfied 20. satisfying

Challenge Words

21. occupied 22. occupying 23. criticized 24. criticizing 25. omitted 26. omitting

Test Next Wed. 9/4

Language:

Independent and Dependent Clauses Test on Wednesday!

Compound and Complex Sentences A compound sentence contains two simple sentences joined with a comma and a word such as and, but, and or. For example: I went to the game, but Juan stayed home. A complex sentence is made up of a simple sentence and another part. The other part has a subject and verb, but it is a dependent clause, which means it doesn’t make sense by itself. For example: After he finished his homework, Juan came and joined me.

Test Next Wed. 9/4

Math:

We will be starting a new unit this week on volume. Study multiplication facts because we will start quizzes on facts NEXT Tuesday (September 3). No Test.

Science:

(TSW) analyze how technology solves problems and provides solutions.

(TSW) make and test predictions about water transport systems.

(TSW) investigate how technology can mimic the human muscular and skeletal systems.

(TSW) define simple design problems and will design models by using the design process.

(TSW) redesign a model of a robotic arm that can pick up objects.

Reminders:

STAR Testing begins Monday

Parents please sign and return forms for: the internet policy (page 44 in the code of conduct), code of conduct (paper saying that you received it, and safety labs (2 sheets)

Reading:

Weekly Test on Friday

Study Vocabulary Words Quiz Thursday

Math:

We will be continuing our study on understanding and classifying two-dimensional shapes based on properties this week. We will be taking a few practice quizzes to help get them ready for their test the following week. No test!

Science:

TSW learn the steps of the scientific method, and be able to apply it in an experiment. Analyze how tech solves problems and provides solutions.

Scientific Method Quiz Tuesday

TSW continue to learn, practice and apply new vocabulary Quiz Friday

(Word are on pages 351-354 in Interactive Science Notebook)

Accuracy, control group, data, evidence, experiment, hypothesis, inference, observation, precision, procedures, variable

Social Studies:

Sign Constitution

Writing:

Forming introduction of paragraphs

Language:

Four Kinds of Sentences

Sentences can be classified in four different ways. Declarative sentences tell something and end with a period. For example: I forgot to eat breakfast this morning. Interrogative sentences ask something and end in a question mark. For example: Would you like something to eat? Imperative sentences give a command or make a request and end with a period. For example: Sit down. Exclamatory sentences express strong feelings and often end with an exclamation mark. For example: I’m starving!

Test on Wednesday

Spelling:

Short Vowels VCCV, VCV

1. distance 2. method 3. anger 4. problem 5. butter 6. petals 7. enjoy 8. perhaps 9. figure 10. channel 11. admire 12. comedy 13. husband 14. tissue 15. mustard 16. shuttle 17. advance 18. drummer 19. regular 20. denim

Challenge Words

1. avalanche 2. monopoly 3. reluctant 4. adequate 5. tangerine

Test on Wednesday

Other News:

Students may study spelling words on spellingcity.com

Type in the search “Deidra Smith”>click the one with my name next to “Goshen…Troy…”>scroll down until you see “5^th grade short vowels vccv, vcv”>click “games”